Gasket or packing-ring and apron therefor.



PATENTED MAR 21, 1905.

E. L. PERRY. GASKET OR PACKING RING AND APRON THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED H AB. 11, 1904.

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akmmq PATENTED MAR. 21, 1905.

E.L.PERRY. GASKET 0R PACKING RING AND APRON THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11, 1904.

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UNITED STAT S Patented March 21, 1905.

PATENT EDWARD L. P ERRY OF PATERSON, NE.W .JERSEY.

GASKET'OR PACKIING-RIING'IAND APRON THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 785,116, dated March 21, 1905. Application filed March 11, 1904. strain). 197,703.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-known that I, EDWARD L. PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the, county of Passaic and State of New J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gaskets or, Packing-Rings and Aprons-Therefor; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this'specification, and to the letters of ref-' erence marked thereon.

Thejpresent invention has for its object to provide a suitable gasket or packing-ring and an apron therefor to catch-and retain, the

dropping from the condensation of moisture which collects above the gasket or packingring, such as in the manholes of electric conduits or in other similar places where it is essential to guard against the accumulated moisture from'passing below the gasket'or packing-ring. g

- Particularly in the manholes of electric conduits it is essential and important to "protect the wires therein from contact with any. damp-- ness or moisture from the street-surface which would be detrimental to the successful working of such wires, and it is the purpose of the inventionv to provide against the danger of the wirescom'ing in contact with the condensation of moisture in the manholes or other places where it is important to guard against the dropping from the condensation of moisture.

The invention therefore consists in a suitable gasket or packing-ring. and an apron therefor substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described:

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan View of a gasket or. packing-ring, showing the apron molded therewith; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation thereof; Fig. '3, a plan View ofja modified form of gasket or packing-ring with the apron formed separate and afterward-connected thereto; Fig. 4, a sectional elevation thereof. Fig. 5 is a sectionalelevation of a portion of a conduit, showing the manhole,-

' the 'manholer plates, the gasketor packingring, and apron separate therefrom and placed under the gasket or. packing ri-ng to retain the moisture from contact with the electric wires.

In the accompanying drawings, A repremolded with the gasket or packing-ring A, and

in' Figs. 3 and 4 the apron B is formed separate and afterward connected thereto by molding the gasket or packing-ring around the edge thereof. It is evident, however, that the apron may be of rubber or-of any heat-insulating material and connected to the gasket or packing-ring inany suitable manner, the gasket or packing-ring 0 shown in Figs. 3 and 4: being a modified form over that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the essential feature-of theinvention residing in a gasket or packing-ring of any elastic material and an apron therefor of a heat-insulating material, such as'rubber, which completely i'nclosesthe opening to catch the condensation of. moisture and prevent it from coming in contact with the electric wires when used in the manholesofconduits.-

In'Fi'g. 5 I have shown a conduit-Dfor, the

electric wires-having the usual manhole E and 'manhole-plates FG, the plate G resting upon the gasket or packing and the latterresting upon the apron, which in the present instance are shown as separate, the gasket or packingring H' having its opening covered by the apron I, upon which the former rests, the 1 same result being obtained as where the apron connects directly with the gasket or packingring. The apron will catch and retain the droppings'from the condensation of moisture which collects upon the under side of the manhole-plate G and prevent it from dropping upon the electric'wires, which would cause injury to the wires and necessitate labor and expense on repairs.

. Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A gasket or packing-ring of elastic material and an apron of heat-insulating matetially corrugated and the apron extending rial to'closethe opening in said ring, substanacross and within the opening in the ring and tially as and for the purpose set forth. closing the same, the device as a whole being" 2. An elastic gasket or packing-ring and an dish-shaped, as and for the purpose specified. 5 apron closing the opening therein, said gas-- In testimony whereofI afiix my signature in 5 ket or packing-ring and the .apron the'refor presence of two Witnesses. being" molded together, substantially as and EDWARD L. PERRY. for the purpose specified. Witnesses:

3. An elastic gasket or packing-ring and an RAYTON E. HORTON, I0 apron therefor, the ring being circumferen- ROSA STRAUMANN. 

